Wall tie or binder



(No Mo'del.)

' G. H. BLODGETT. WALL TIE 0R BINDER.

No. 577,002. Patented Feb. 16,1897. 2

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GEORGE If. BLODGETT, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

WALL TIE OR BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 577,002, dated February16, 1897.

Application filed June 3, 1896- Serial No. 594,126. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. BLODGETT, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing in Springfield, in the county of Hampden and Stateof Massachusetts,have invented new and useful Improvements in Wall Tiesor Binders, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings and letters of reference markedthereon.

My invention relates to ties or binders for walls, especially thoseconstructed of brick and usually employed where an air-space is leftbetween the adjacent tiers.

The object of my invention is to provide a tie or binder which Whilebeing inexpensive will be effective and having superior anchor ageparts.

I attain the objects of my invention by the construction herein shown.

In the accompanying drawings like letters of reference indicate likeparts.

Figures 1 and 2 are side and edge views, respectively, of the preferredform of construction. Fig. 3 illustrates a modification wherein the endsare formed in curved lines.

In detail, Ct indicates the central portion of the device; I),corrugations or curved anchorage parts; 0 and d, the end portions.

The construction of my device will be read ily understood on referenceto the drawings, wherein are shown binders or ties formed, preferably,of wire having the central or intermediate portion formed in straightlines,

and at each end thereof the material is corrugated or curved or bent sothat when it is embedded in the mortar a series of anchorportions wouldnot be affected and the efficiency of the device would not be materiallyinterfered with or lessened.

I prefer the construction illustrated in Fig. 1, it being approximatelyrectangular in shape, with the end portions at the sides bent, as shown,for anchorage, while the intermediate portion is straight, and theextreme ends 0 and d are formed in straight lines, and I prefer that thetwo ends d and d be socured together. This may be accomplished bysoldering or dipping at the time they are galvanized. I prefer also thatthe device be made of iron wire and galvanized, as before stated, andthat the corrugations or anchorage bends be formed in curved lines. Itwill readily be seen, however, that the degree of curvature may bevaried and that comparatively sharp bends may be made without departingfrom my invention.

Having therefore described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A wall bond and tie, consisting of a frame composed of a single wireformed with coincidently-shaped end portions, and side bars parallel attheir central portions, as a, and formed with angularly-bent sections1), arranged on the plane of the frame, intermediate of the centralparallel portions and the end portions.

2. A wall bond and tie, consisting of a frame composed of a single wireformedwith parallel end portions the ends ofthe wire being lapped at oneend, and side bars parallel at their central portions and formed withangular portions 1) intermediate of the straight central portions andthe ends, the said angular portions lying in the plane of the frame.

GEORGE H. BLODGETT. Witnesses:

ALLEN WEBSTER, E. G. STIOKNEY.

